NEWS · COMPANIES · #773
Hugging Face hires oMLX creator Jun Kim to support MLX local-AI ecosystem
Hugging Face has added Jun Kim, the creator and maintainer of oMLX, to its team to support and further develop the MLX local-AI ecosystem. oMLX will remain Apache 2.0-licensed, Jun will continue to lead the project, and Hugging Face says it will focus on improving stability and streamlining conversion from Transformers model definitions to MLX implementations.
KEY POINTS
- Hugging Face has added Jun Kim, the creator and maintainer of oMLX, to its team to support and further develop the MLX local-AI ecosystem.
- oMLX will remain Apache 2.0-licensed, Jun will continue to lead the project, and Hugging Face says it will focus on improving stability and streamlining conversion from Transformers model definitions to MLX implementations.
- Bringing the oMLX maintainer into Hugging Face should provide stable, funded maintenance and speed up efforts to make Transformers models run on Apple-optimized MLX, helping local-AI adoption.
WHY IT MATTERS
Bringing the oMLX maintainer into Hugging Face should provide stable, funded maintenance and speed up efforts to make Transformers models run on Apple-optimized MLX, helping local-AI adoption.